Kurtis Blow (album)

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Kurtis Blow
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Studio album by
Kurtis Blow
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1980
Recorded1980 [1]
Genre Old-school hip hop [2]
Length40:23
Label Mercury
Producer
  • J.B. Moore
  • Robert Ford
Kurtis Blow chronology
Kurtis Blow
(1980)		 Deuce
(1981)
Singles from Kurtis Blow
  1. "The Breaks"
    Released: June 14, 1980 [3]
  2. "Throughout Your Years"
    Released: 1980
  3. "Hard Times"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rolling Stone (favorable) [4]
The Village Voice B+ [5]

Kurtis Blow is the debut album by American rapper Kurtis Blow. It was released on September 29, 1980, by Mercury Records. The record includes the song "The Breaks", which was often sampled later in hip-hop records, mainly for its introduction made by Blow's a cappella vocal, and for the drum break, giving a wordplay dimension to the title. "Rappin' Blow, Pt. 2" was issued as a single that had a do-it-yourself B-side, the instrumental version. "Takin' Care of Business" is one of the first hip hop and rock ’n’ roll crossover attempts.

Contents

The album was placed at number 71 on "The Greatest 80 Albums of 1980" by Rolling Stone . [6]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Rappin' Blow, Pt. 2" (Kurtis Blow, Robert Ford, Miller, J.B. Moore, Larry Smith) 4:41
  2. "The Breaks" (Kurtis Blow, Ford, Moore, Russell Simmons, Smith) 7:41
  3. "Way Out West" (Moore) 7:40

Side two

  1. "Throughout Your Years" (Kurtis Blow, Moore, Waring) 5:17
  2. "Hard Times" (Jimmy Bralower, Moore, Russell Simmons, Smith, Waring) 4:36
  3. "All I Want in This World (Is to Find That Girl)" (Moore) 4:59
  4. "Takin' Care of Business" (Randy Bachman) 5:29

CD bonus tracks

  1. "Christmas Rappin'" (Kurtis Blow, Ford, Moore) 3:57
  2. "Breaks [Instrumental]" (Kurtis Blow, Ford, Moore, Simmons, Smith) 5:52

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ "Key Tracks: Kurtis Blow's Self-Titled Debut Album". Red Bull Music Academy. December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Kurtis Blow at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Steve Sullivan (May 17, 2017). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 3. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9781442254497 . Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ "The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980". Rolling Stone . November 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert (March 30, 1981). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ "The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980". Rolling Stone . November 11, 2020.
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